Kyphosis and incident falls among community-dwelling older adults - McDaniels-Davidson C, Davis A, Wing D, Macera C, Lindsay SP, Schousboe JT, Nichols JF, Kado DM.

Hyperkyphosis commonly affects older persons and is associated with morbidity and mortality. Many have hypothesized that hyperkyphosis increases fall risk. Within this prospective study of older adults, kyphosis was significantly associated with incident f...

Source: SafetyLit - October 16, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news